The TraElical Kitchen Ga^r diner. 4 1 5 



of February, The Virginia is the beft 

 for this purpofe. 



Cucumbers are now plenty; and by 

 the aforefaid help of frames and glaffes, 

 French or kidney beans will foon come 

 in. 



Young carrots and radiflies, on beds 

 temperately hot, now come in. 



This month is the moft flouriihing The pro- 

 reign of the kitchen garden, for all forts ^/ 

 of verdures and green things, as fallets, 

 radiflies, afparagus, cucumbers, peafe, d^r. 

 and ftrawberries are now plenty. As- 

 paragus going off, cucumbers are now 

 four or five a penny ; and the induftrious 

 g^rdiner is often vifiting his melonry, to 

 fee how foon he may cxpedt to cut, 

 which may be about the loth or 12th. 



Spani^ cardons, bcet-chards, feliery 

 and endive, begin now alfo to appear, 

 for tlie furniture of the following months. 



The firft collyflowers from winter 

 plants come in likewife in this month; 

 as do alfo young carrots, and early-fowu 

 turneps ; fo that in ftiort there is nothing 

 now which you may not expcd, that is 

 delicate and fine. 



In plain and open ground, and with-^^^ pro- 

 out any artifice, you have now all forts j^^^^^ '-^ 

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